NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 585 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 8x more pipelines: 256 vs 32
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
| Launch date | 2 March 2009 vs 20 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 585 MHz vs 550 MHz |
| Pipelines | 256 vs 32 |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
- Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 950 MHz
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 950 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | G9x | Tesla |
| Code name | N10E-GTX | G96C |
| Launch date | 2 March 2009 | 20 January 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 585 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 256 | 32 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1508 Million | 314 million |
| Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 8.8 GTexel / s | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | |
Technologies |
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| CUDA | ||
| HybridPower | ||
| PureVideo HD | ||
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | |
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